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Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s
1st Edition
Published on 30. July 2024
224 pages
978-1-5261-8579-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book tells the story of how the moderate right in the Labour Party, trumped by the left for a decade and weakened by defections to the SDP in 1981, fought back organisationally to regain control of the party by 1985, producing an NEC supportive of Neil Kinnock and ready to expel Militant, introduce One-Member-One-Vote and return the party to electability. It describes the Manifesto Group of Labour MPs, Labour Solidarity, Forward Labour and the all-important but secret St Ermins Group of senior trade unionists, each of which strove to ensure that the party represented Labour voters and trade union members. Written by an insider, it draws on extensive interviews with all the key players and unique access to private papers and closed archives to explain how the moderates triumphed over the hard left. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-8579-2 (9781526185792)
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09/2005
Manchester University Press
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Dianne Hayter is a member of the Labour Party's NEC, former General Secretary of the Fabian Society and former Chief Executive of the European Parliamentary Labour Party -- .
Content
Section 1: BACKGROUND
1. Introduction
2. The scene the right faced
Section 2: EVENTS & ISSUES
3. 1981 Deputy leadership contest
4. 1983 Leadership election
5. Militant
6. OMOV - One Member One Vote
Section 3: GROUPS
7. Manifesto Group of Labour MPs, 1974-1983
8. Labour First
9. St Ermins Group - the background
10. St Ermins Group
11. Labour Solidarity Campaign
12. Forward Labour
Section 4
13. Reviewing 1974 to 1988
14. Epilogue - from 1988 to 2004 -- .
1. Introduction
2. The scene the right faced
Section 2: EVENTS & ISSUES
3. 1981 Deputy leadership contest
4. 1983 Leadership election
5. Militant
6. OMOV - One Member One Vote
Section 3: GROUPS
7. Manifesto Group of Labour MPs, 1974-1983
8. Labour First
9. St Ermins Group - the background
10. St Ermins Group
11. Labour Solidarity Campaign
12. Forward Labour
Section 4
13. Reviewing 1974 to 1988
14. Epilogue - from 1988 to 2004 -- .
